This apprenticeship is made up of both college and work-based learning. With the support of a training provider units can be selected to create a tailored training package suitable for the required role.
Work-based units
The following units are mandatory:
- Health, safety and security at work
- Maintain the work area for manufacturing sewn products
- Maintain the quality of production working with textiles, leather and materials
The following units are optional. Select a minimum of four units from only one group:
Garment Technologist pathway:
- Identify and agree the construction of garments to be produced
- Monitor compliance with requirements in garment construction
- Create and maintain technical documents and records in garment construction
- Contribute to the production of outsourced apparel products
- Investigate markets, materials and styles
- Produce final apparel product specification
- Assess customer requirements and take measurements
- Plan apparel production schedule
- Illustrate a fashion design concept using CAD
- Transfer product patterns into CAD systems
- Create product specifications using CAD / CAM
- Product lifecycle management using a CAD system
Pattern and Grading Technologist pathway:
- Investigate markets, materials and styles
- Produce final apparel product specification
- Assess customer requirements and take measurements
- Plan apparel production schedule
- Transfer product patterns into CAD systems
- Assess and develop given apparel designs
- Produce block and graded patterns for apparel products
- Produce prototype / sample patterns and assess for fit
- Produce lay plans for apparel products
- Make up apparel products from patterns
- Product pattern development using a CAD system
- Pattern grading using a CAD system
- Lay planning using a CAD system
Sample Technologist pathway:
- Investigate markets, materials and styles
- Produce final apparel product specification
- Assess customer requirements and take measurements
- Plan apparel production schedule
- Illustrate a fashion design concept using CAD
- Create product specifications using CAD / CAM
- Product lifecycle management using a CAD system
- Make up and assemble apparel samples
- Solve quality issues for sample apparel production
- Produce sample garments for manufacture
- Provide technical feedback on sample garments
- Handle and measure garments to ensure compliance with requirements